SFICPL401 — Conduct an investigative audit

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What an assessment for SFICPL401 must cover

35 assessable components: 5 elements (15 performance criteria), 7 performance evidence and 7 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 6 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Determine audit risk

1.1Develop knowledge of business structures and practices associated with fish production records, processing, wholesale and retail marketing
1.2Determine scope of audit program in the context of relevant fisheries management arrangements, fraud risk assessment and available intelligence

2 Develop audit plan

2.1Define initial audit objectives based on type of business being audited
2.2Determine resources required to conduct audit, and plan for their allocation

3 Identify operating systems for the business entity being audited

3.1Prepare flowchart and working papers documenting business operating systems
3.2Assess potential for targeted activity within business entity fishing operation
3.3Assess potential for success in locating authentic material information and evidence related to targeted activity and audit objectives
3.4Select appropriate audit methodologies and types of material information and evidence

4 Conduct investigative audit

4.1Incorporate selected audit methodologies into audit plan and adjust, as required, by the audit progress
4.2Conduct stocktake according to audit plan
4.3Perform substantive tests of transactions within the business operating systems for the time period specified in audit plan, and identify anomalies and irregularities
4.4Document results of investigations

5 Evaluate, review and report on the audit

5.1Ensure information and evidence obtained is sufficient, complete, reliable and valid
5.2Ensure evidence meets jurisdictional requirements for admissibility of evidence
5.3Prepare and issue audit report to relevant authorities

Performance evidence

An individual demonstrating competency must satisfy all of the elements and performance criteria in this unit.
There must be evidence that the individual has conducted an investigative audit for a fishery business on at least one occasion, including:
identifying the scope of audit program
developing an audit plan that defines objectives and required resources to conduct the audit
documenting and assessing the business operating systems
conducting a stocktake and testing of transactions
developing an audit report based on validated and reliable investigative results.

Knowledge evidence

An individual must be able to demonstrate the knowledge required to perform the tasks outlined in the elements and performance criteria of this unit. This includes knowledge of:
jurisdictional laws, policies and procedures relevant to fisheries management compliance
audit procedures and techniques, including data pattern matching
business’s operating systems, including fish production records, product movement, processing, sales, purchases, receivals, inventory and financial
evidence gathering and maintenance in accordance with rules of evidence
fraudulent practices used within the seafood industry
seafood industry business practices.

Foundation skills

Numeracy: • Evaluates transactions • Prepares audit plans, programs and reports
Reading: • Reads, interprets, analyses and evaluates business and processing documentation
Writing: • Writes audit plans, programs and reports
Navigate the world of work: • Applies knowledge of legislation and policies relevant to audit • Recognises and responds to explicit and implicit investigation protocols • Works independently and collectively within broad parameters
Interact with others: • Selects and uses appropriate vocabulary, conventions and protocols, including technical language, to exchange and clarify information with others
Get the work done: • Uses computer technology and digital equipment related to investigative audits • Maintains secure access to digitally stored and transmitted information

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What does an assessment tool for SFICPL401 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for SFICPL401 needs to address all 35 unit components: 5 elements with 15 performance criteria, 7 performance evidence requirements, 7 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.

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